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HR 6204 111th Congress House Education Accounting and auditing Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education School administration

Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act

Introduced: September 23, 2010 Introduced by: Chu, Judy Democratic · California See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Sep 23, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 23, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Charter School Good Governance and Transparency Act - Requires states to provide each charter school in the state that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 with a list of licensed, independent auditors that perform governmental audits.

Requires states to develop and implement policies requiring such charter schools to: (1) maintain their financial records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and applicable state and federal requirements; (2) be audited annually by a licensed, independent auditor, with the findings made public and filed with their authorized public chartering agency and state; and (3) address all audit findings and report to their authorized public chartering agency on actions taken to do so.

Directs states to: (1) require such chartering agencies to report significant audit findings and the measures schools take to address them; and (2) submit overall summary analyses of the annual audits to the Secretary of Education.

What's happening now November 18, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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